CVE-2008-2729

Severity :

Medium

Published :

2008-06-30

Modified :

2010-08-21

Base Score :

4.9

Details :

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.